recordingnoun
uk/rɪˈkɔː.dɪŋ/us/rɪˈkɔːr.dɪŋ/B1 [ C ] speech, music, or moving pictures that have been recorded to be listened to or watched later:
I bought a recording of Maria Callas singing Verdi.
B2 [ U ] the process or business of storing sounds or moving pictures using electronic equipment so that they can be heard or seen later:
a recording studio
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- a digital recording
- a live recording
- Most of the bands that appear on the show just mime to a recording of their songs.
- The recording has been reissued to celebrate the conductor's 80th birthday.
- All the subtleties of the music are conveyed in this new recording.
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Sound and image recordings
- album
- audio
- audiobook
- autotune
- B-side
- compact disc
- disc
- jewel case
- LP
- mashup
- MD
- MiniDisc
- pressing
- record
- reissue
- single
- talking book
- title track
- track
- video clip
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